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...Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung told the country's National Assembly on May 31 that the number of households going hungry has doubled in one year. "The government understands and shares with the people," Dung said. "And sees it is their responsibility to try to best curb inflation." So far, Hanoi has moved to cool the economy by requiring banks to increase their reserves; the central bank has also raised interest rates to 12%. But inflation is being made worse by Vietnam's weakening national currency. The Vietnamese dong has fallen roughly 1.5% against the dollar in the past...
...Buttocks unremarkable except for some very light tan freckling," wrote his dermatologist, Suzanne Connolly, in her records after one examination of his skin. "Delightful gentleman," observed his surgeon, Michael L. Hinni, after another examination...
...began with a service in Memorial Church, which included the performance of songs in both English and Chinese. The songs were followed by a few words by Gang Li, the president of the Massachusetts General Hospital Chinese Students and Scholars Association (MGH CSSA), who helped organize the event. Yue Tan D. Tang, a Ph.D. student in Economics, and School of Public Health professor Jennifer Leaning then spoke about the disaster and China’s response. [SEE CORRECTION...
...Speaking of festivals, how did last month's Singapore International Film Festival (SIFF) leave you feeling about the state of local moviemaking? TAN: Their films are really good. There's a new wave there. UEKRONGTHAM: Suddenly we have a Singapore Panorama section [of local features]. KHOO: If you look at the short-film competition, which started about 12 years ago, there were very few entries then, but now they get over 100. There are all these polytechnics having film courses. I've noticed this whole change in how many young Singaporeans that want to be filmmakers want to direct...
...there's this whole army of filmmakers with a lack of life experience but with technical skills. TAN: It is quite an intriguing combination. Exposure to life is really important. That is the problem in Singapore. There is so much social control. It starts with education, the way we are groomed as citizens. We are taught to follow rules all the time and it is really hard to see out of that box. For me, I am lucky because I was born outside of Singapore, so I can see the box really clearly. As an artist, I don't have...